The New York Giants have plenty of reasons to be upset with the officiating in Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
One call in particular, or rather a non-call, stands out in particular. That’s the play which cost Cam Skattebo the remainder of his rookie season.
We won’t show video of the play, but Skattebo ran a route on a second-and-16. Eagles’ linebacker Zach Baun got there a hair early, but that wasn’t the issue. Rather it’s the tackle, with Baun wrapping Skattebo up, dropped his weight, swinging himself down and trapping his legs under him which is the problem.
In other words, Baun seems to have executed a “hip-drop” tackle. Or at least that’s how it looks here.
The hip drop tackle was banned due to the risk for offensive players, which was proven out by Skattebo’s inju

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